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C. When D. Why( )43. A. sitting B. eating C. drinking D. cooking( )44. A. poor B. rich C. young D. old( )45. A. but B. or C. and D. so( )46. A. jewel B. orange C. gold D. diamond( )47. A. forgot B. took C. got D. put( )48. A. Before B. After C. Till D. While( )49. A. cold B. hot C. warm D. cool( )50. A. because B. though C. if D. whether四、閱讀理解(共15小題;每小題2分,計30分)閱讀下列內(nèi)容,從每小題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出一個最佳答案。AMany people think country music and western music are nearly the same. In fact, they are two different kinds of music in America. They e from different parts of America. Country music es from the southeast of America. But western music es from the southwest of America. Another difference is the ways of playing them. Country music has a simple (簡單的) way of playing. It uses fewer instruments like guitars and harmonicas (口琴).But western music needs more and bigger instruments like trumpets, trombones (長號) and so on. Country music is folk (民間的) music. It’s the music that travels in the country. Men and women often play it. However, there is much dancing in western music and men often play it. However, country music and western music often share similar topics (相似的主題) for songs. They have these songs with the topics like love, money, crime and so on. These songs often tell the life of the poor in America.根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 51. Country music is ________ western music. A. the same as B. different from C. better than D. worse than52. Country music es from the ________ of America. A. southeast B. southwest C. northeast D. northwest often play western music. A. Men B. Women C. Children D. Men and women54. Country music and western music are similar on ________.A. numbers B. playing ways C. instruments D. topics for songs55. Country music and western music often tell the life of ________ in America. A. boys and girls B. the old C. the poor D. the richBWe’ve talked about snails and their slow move. But much of the time snails don’t move at all. They are in their shells —sleeping.Hot sun will dry out a snail’s body. So at the least sign of hot sun, a snail draws its body into his shell. A snail will die in a heavy rain. So when it rains, a snail does the same thing, too. A snail can sleep for as long as it needs to. It spends all the winter months in its shell, asleep. In the spring the snail wakes up. Its body, about three inches long, es out from the shell. When hungry, the snail looks for food. Its eyes, at the end of the top feelers, are very weak. But its sense of smell is very strong. It helps the snail to find food and the new greens. A snail’s mouth is no bigger than the point of a pin. Yet it has 256,000 teeth! The teeth are very small, and you can’t see them. If yo